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Re: [chirp_users] CHIRP 0.1.8b5
by David Tilson 04 Dec '08

04 Dec '08

> Whew. Okay, I'll get that fixed up and spin another one. > > Thanks for your patience :) No problems my friend... It probably would have helped if I had tried a few other scenarios first time around to narrow down the problem :) Cut and pasted from your email to Dave: > That next beta would, by the way, be coming soon if I could figure out what the heck Dave Tilson's problem is :) Are you refering to my CHIRP problem, or just in general??? :D Cheers, davidt

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Re: [chirp_users] CHIRP 0.1.8b5
by David Tilson 04 Dec '08

04 Dec '08

G'day Dan, > > More important was the issue that the Bank was > > not being written to the CSV file. > > Okay, I'm confused. I've been really busy lately, and so my > attention to this has been spotty at best, which might be why > I'm having trouble maintaining context. No probs, we all get busy at times. > When I export to a CSV file from my 92, I get a bank number > and bank index. The number is 0 for A, 3 for D, etc. The > bank index is also a number and is 0 if not set. OK, I've narrowed the problem down. If I enter any Bank letter, other than "A", then it saves a numeric digit in the Bank field in the CSV file, as per your description. However, when I enter Bank "A" into a memory, it writes nothing to the Bank field. I had originally only tried Bank "A". > Are you not seeing this behavior? Perhaps the numeric bank > designation is confusing? I suppose I could make it > translate between letters and numbers on export/import... I think it would be a lot neater if you could translate it to letters, rather than numbers, so that the appearance is consistant. Hope this helps... Cheers, davidt

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[chirp_users] Bank Info Missing after import
by Dave Cooley 04 Dec '08

04 Dec '08

In using the "convert icf" function some of the bank names (of individual channels) did not come across. Due to the fact that no bank name is present the "Bank Index Value" presents as "-1". I have included both the original ICF file and the resluting chirp img file. Dave Cooley N4DIB

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Re: [chirp_users] CHIRP 0.1.8b5
by David Tilson 03 Dec '08

03 Dec '08

G'day Dan, > > Yep, IC-92AD (Band B). I assigned the memory to Bank "A" > and gave it > > a Bank Index of "1". The GUI displayed it as "A-", not > "A", so don't > > know if this has something to do with it. > > The GUI displays the bank as A-Foo in the memories tab, not > the banks tab, right? In the banks tab, it should show just > the bank name. The memories tab shows the bank ID (A-Z) and > the name so you can easily assign to unnamed banks. > > So, is there a problem or are you just asking if that's the > correct display? In the memories tab and drop down list it was displaying as "A-", "B-", etc, not as "A" or "B". More important was the issue that the Bank was not being written to the CSV file. > I can't for the life of me reproduce the issue of changing a > bank name and having it re-sort the list. OK, I'll keep an eye on it. I can manually resort the list if it happens. Cheers, davidt

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Re: [chirp_users] CHIRP 0.1.8b5
by David Tilson 03 Dec '08

03 Dec '08

> > Confirmed for SKIP. One problem though is that when I > tried to export > > to CSV the Bank Number was written, but not the Bank. This may be > > related to one of the other Bank issues raised below... I haven't > > tried .chirp format yet. > > Do you have memories in a bank? If the field is blank, then > it means "not assigned to a bank". If not, then I'll have to > take a closer look. Which radio was this with? Yep, IC-92AD (Band B). I assigned the memory to Bank "A" and gave it a Bank Index of "1". The GUI displayed it as "A-", not "A", so don't know if this has something to do with it. > Hmm, yeah, you shouldn't be seeing that. Which radio? Same one :) > > Any chance of squeezing in the ability to add / edit the > various CALL > > memories or do you want to leave that till a later version? > > Okay, I can see about that. Shouldn't be too hard, although > I have to do it for five radio models at once :/ ... Nah, just 2. The 2820 and the 92 as that's all I have :) Thanks. Gotta get back to Christmas Lights. Less than 8 hours till switch on and there's still stuff to do... Cheers

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Re: [chirp_users] CHIRP 0.1.8b5
by David Tilson 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

G'day Dan, Thanks for b5. Some initial testing with the IC-92AD on Win XP. It is now neater to export to different formats with the drop down options in the menu structure. Thanks. > - Added SKIP and bank information to CSV and Chirp files Confirmed for SKIP. One problem though is that when I tried to export to CSV the Bank Number was written, but not the Bank. This may be related to one of the other Bank issues raised below... I haven't tried .chirp format yet. > - Improve thread performance when using 9x radios Yes, this is noticable and it was good to see the number of entries left to process in [ ]. > - Added bank name editor for 2820 and 9x radios Confirmed. One strange thing I noticed was that as soon as I entered a Name next to the Bank, in the Bank Tab, the Bank dropped to the end of the list, requiring a manual re-sort. Also, when I selected the list of Banks in the drop down menu of the Memory screen it displayed them as "A-", "B-", etc. I wasn't sure if it was meant to display the Bank and the Bank Name or if the "-" was an error. I'll try to do some more testing a bit later today. > I think this is pretty much where we need to be, > feature-wise. Any chance of squeezing in the ability to add / edit the various CALL memories or do you want to leave that till a later version? Thanks again, davidt

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Re: [chirp_users] CHIRP 0.1.8b5
by David Tilson 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

> > - Added SKIP and bank information to CSV and Chirp files > Confirmed for SKIP. One problem though is that when I tried > to export to CSV the Bank Number was written, but not the > Bank. This may be related to one of the other Bank issues > raised below... I haven't tried .chirp format yet. Sorry, Bank Number should read Bank Index. Also in the CSV header row in all of the other fields there are no spaces in the field name, except for Bank Index. Is that meant to be BankIndex to follow your other naming conventions? Cheers

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Re: [chirp_users] csv format
by David Tilson 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

G'day Dan, > Dave is working on a > detailed description of the CSV file which might be helpful: > > http://chirp.danplanet.com/wiki/DataModel When you get a chance, could you please check it for accuracy, particularly the Allowed Values column. I think there probably still needs some refinement. One thing that needs to be checked is to whether or not all of the radios can accept both Upper and Lower case characters in the Name field. I have a feeling that the ID-800H can only accept upper case characters, but I'm not sure. If it is correct then the DataModel will need to be updated to reflect this. Also, if that's correct, then what will happen if someone tries to import a .chirp or .csv file that has mixed case names??? Cheers, Davidt, VK3UR

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[chirp_users] csv format
by joe camilli 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

Hello all, I have 2200h and was looking for a way to program the memories via a program. What is the layout of the csv file ? _________________________________________________________________ Proud to be a PC? Show the world. Download the “I’m a PC” Messenger themepack now. hthttp://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119642558/direct/01/

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[chirp_users] CHIRP 0.1.8b5
by Dan Smith 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

Hi all, I just posted 0.1.8b5 with the following changes: - Fixed up some of the callsign programming logic on 800, 2200, x82 - Added SKIP and bank information to CSV and Chirp files - Added CSV header check on import/open - Added error messages for any bad CSV data - Improve thread performance when using 9x radios - Added bank name editor for 2820 and 9x radios - Changed the display of callsigns in the memory editor to use fixed-width fonts for better alignment - Added View->Columns selection to allow limiting the view to only columns of interest Note that this change breaks the schema for the .chirp files from previous releases. In doing so, it also adds a version number so that hopefully we can tolerate changes like this in the future with more grace :) I think this is pretty much where we need to be, feature-wise. If anyone finds any (new) bugs, please let me know. Otherwise, I think I'd like to call this the official 0.1.8 and move on to some of the other GUIish features we've been discussing. Thanks! -- Dan Smith dsmith#danplanet.com, s/#/@/ www.danplanet.com KK7DS

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